The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1887-01-21
orounl the head of the rammer ioi ',,. anI

around the lcau ol Iiio ,.;rt on1
wined the rammer clean '.M .'.;.,, cl.,r
"lpeu - ;,,t,..lc Gun. It fell with Clear
RING, Another daSterous '!lo-t Il'. an,,oht
o,,n sent it flying uta the an. NJ. ~. 1.;,,,t
+ as it came down s"d serutll.'H 49, ~ law.
head He found no smlrcn o. ui'o " :' a
ness clean and clear as wi'i'''1 ''
he said. approvingly. "Shcii nun. ..a n
thai our secession friends Will pay ".te. n.y..
TO though it may not be as smec' ~ '''~'
ea,,s rs The Bonnie Blue Flag.
More likely kick the wnole i'o VI .','a,s
,,,rter section of your shoulder OIL WEI,
Won trv to shoot it," growled Aoe' VINO n ~
b.en saving similar close attehtlo" " n' s
s,un III we'd had anybody but lou ".
nn,let heads for officers wed a oec" se'',
~, here last week, when the wea'hef anu
til. roads were good, and when we cou'u w
done something. Now our boysli DC licAeo
before we can get where VIC can heip e"''
Glen leaued on his muskct, and listening, 10
thc ,,e,,ening roar of tho battle, was shake"
by the surge of emotions natuf"' 70 .ns
occosion. It seemed us if no one couhl i've
through the inc.ssant firing, the SOUND OF
which rolled down to them. TO 60 up INTO
# was to deliberately venture into certain
destruction. Memory made vehement pro
tcst He recalled all the pleasant things tnat
life had in store for him; all that ne could
enjoy and accomplish; all that he might be
tn others: all that Others might be to MN.
Every enjoyment of the past, every happy
nossihilitv of the future took on more en-
trancing roseateness.
Could he give all this up, and die there on
thu. mountain top, in this dull, brutal, UNI
heroic fashion, in the filthy mud and dreary
rain, with no one to note or care whether he
acted courageously or otherwise!
It did not seem that he was expected to
fling his life away like q dumb brute entering
the reeking sl,nbles. His youth and ablli.
ties had been given him for some other pur'
pose. Again palysying fear and ignoble sell
tishn.s, tuggel at his hcartstrings. and he
felt all his carefully cultivated resolutions
weakening.
"A sergeant must he left in command OF
the men guarding this property,' said the
colonel The captain OF Company will
detail one for that duty"
Capt. Bennett glanced from, one to another
OF his five scrgeants Harry's heart gave a
swift heap Will, hope that he might he ordered
to rc,:,ain h,!:nd Then the blood crinroned
his cheeks for the first time since the sound
eve in The company was upon him, and that
TIL, i.np!lc desire had been read by all in his
Iuos of expectancy. Shame came to spur up
his f;,ltcrng viii lie set his teeth firmly,
pulled the tonlpol, out of his gun and flung
it away es.lrinfully, as il he would never
reed it again, blew into tho nl,,z.lc to see il
the tube was clear, ard wiped OH the lock
with fine white ha,nliSclchiet-on of tho
relics of bis bygone cIcgance-which he drew
iron, the breast of lis blouse
''s,crgt Glan-Sergt. Clancy will remain"
said the captain, peremptorily. Clancy,
the captain knew, was the only son and sup
mort of I; widowed mother.
Now, boys" said the colonel in tones that
rang like buglc notes, 1.-THE time has como for
US to strike blow for the Union and for tho
fame OF the dear old Buckeye state 1 need not
rxhort you to do your duty like men; know
you too we'll to think that any such words of
mine arc at all necessary. Forward! Quic':
time! MARCH,"
The mountain sides rang, with The answer
ing cheers from thousand threats.
The noise Of the battle on the distant crest
was at first in separate bursts OF sound, as
regiment after regiment came into position
and opened fire. The intervals between these
bursts had disappeared and it had now lie.
come steady roar
\ wild mob came rushing backward from
the front.
My God, our men are whipIed!" exclaimed
the young adjutant in tones of anguish.
NO, no" said Capt. Bennett, with cheer.
ful confidence. These arc only the camp
riN-raif. who run whenever so much as a
cap is burst near them"
So it proved to be. There were teanstcrs
upon their wheel. mules, cooks, officers, ser.
wants, both black and white, and civilian on.
ployrs, mingled with many men in uniform
! skulking from, their companies. Those were
mounted WHO could seize II mule any where
anu those who could not were cntlcavori,,sr tc
keep up nj, foot with tho panic stricken
riders
J MI seemed wild With one tea: To get rs
tar ;ss possible from the terrors raging around
the mountain top. They rushed through til,
! regiment ana tisort,orcl Its ranks.
WHO arc you a-sIovin', young fellow
say demanded Abe i,oiton, roughly collar
i"::s y STRIPPING hull; of II youth. who batics
;!Hi "';h his INT check, white with fear
"si:!c rIun%ing against him like n rrirh,rnc,
! steer.
On 'oys, 1T Inc pass, and don't 20 up there
Don't. You'll all be killed! | know IL, I'm
I'll the ":'' "I my company that got AWAY
am. really. Al! the res, ;:!n killed"
"h>aveir! what wr,.'"ie,l remnant, as tn
TRY goods man said wi:,.il the clcr!, lrouoh
'iiii' Il Pic" ut selva:.. I'll that ths, burglar
!';'l io.t OF his stock Il broa,lcloth," sal,
A*I' Edwards "It"too bad that you wer
allowed to get away, either. You're not
proper selection for relic at all, and yo,
give bad impression of Your company. Yo
ought to hav" thought of this and staid n
there and got killed ard let some better ,oo,:
ING man got away, that wo,ll have done tn
company credit Why didn't Won think a
this:' '''"